MHCLG has published Approved Document B 2018 edition on the 18th December, albeit these are amendments and the actual revised Approved Documents are still awaited. The guidance was published on 18 December 2018 and came into effect on 21st January 2019.

The Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government has announced the implementation of the requirements for nearly zero energy buildings for new public buildings, with respect to Regulation 25B of the Building Regulations 2010.

With 30 years’ experience Nigel started his working life at Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, moving to Hinckley and Bosworth BC, Northampton BC and Bedford BC before joining BBS, who were acquired by Stroma in 2017.

Gaining traction over the past two years and driven by existing and predicted labour shortages, building information modelling (BIM) and wider advances in manufacturing technology, materials and automation, offsite modern construction methods (MMC) is becoming the way forward for commercial projects, where a focus on speed, quality and cost certainty is paramount. Despite demonstrating benefits [...]

In addition to the Legislation and Guidance changes, the Government has issued a statement that enables Local Authorities to take enforcement action of existing buildings, potentially somewhat ironic, but a very serious matter in that the Local Council Building Control are now empowered to enforce correction of inappropriate cladding and insulant medium that they too themselves have approved, on some Private and the Local Authority Buildings.

You will recall prior to the Coalition conservative Government, that Part L was on a ‘Road to Zero Carbon’, with the signig of the Climate Change act, varuous editions of Part L were up lifted at approximately three yearly intervals, with goals of Dwellings being Zero carbon by 2016, Commercial buildings by 2019.

Guidance in this Circular Letter applies to buildings and building work in England.
The MHCLG has issued a Circular Letter that is principally relevant to projects for which a full plans application is made or initial notice submitted from this date - 10th September 2018.

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